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

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

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

diff --git a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
index 1a9c1ac290..23af3f2269 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/trigger.c
@@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ static HeapTuple ExecCallTriggerFunc(TriggerData *trigdata,
 									 FmgrInfo *finfo,
 									 Instrumentation *instr,
 									 MemoryContext per_tuple_context);
+static Tuplestorestate *AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(int event,
+													   TupleTableSlot *oldslot,
+													   TupleTableSlot *newslot,
+													   TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture);
+static void TransitionTableAddTuple(EState *estate,
+									TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture,
+									ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
+									TupleTableSlot *slot,
+									TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple,
+									Tuplestorestate *tuplestore);
 static void AfterTriggerSaveEvent(EState *estate, ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
 								  int event, bool row_trigger,
 								  TupleTableSlot *oldtup, TupleTableSlot *newtup,
@@ -5650,6 +5660,91 @@ AfterTriggerPendingOnRel(Oid relid)
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Get the transition table for the given event and depending on whether we are
+ * processing the old or the new tuple.
+ */
+static Tuplestorestate *
+AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(int event,
+							   TupleTableSlot *oldslot,
+							   TupleTableSlot *newslot,
+							   TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture)
+{
+	Tuplestorestate *tuplestore = NULL;
+	bool		delete_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_delete_old_table;
+	bool		update_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_old_table;
+	bool		update_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_new_table;
+	bool		insert_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_insert_new_table;
+
+	/*
+	 * For INSERT events NEW should be non-NULL, for DELETE events OLD
+	 * should be non-NULL, whereas for UPDATE events normally both OLD and
+	 * NEW are non-NULL.  But for UPDATE events fired for capturing
+	 * transition tuples during UPDATE partition-key row movement, OLD is
+	 * NULL when the event is for a row being inserted, whereas NEW is
+	 * NULL when the event is for a row being deleted.
+	 */
+	Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table &&
+			 TupIsNull(oldslot)));
+	Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table &&
+			 TupIsNull(newslot)));
+
+	if (!TupIsNull(oldslot))
+	{
+		Assert(TupIsNull(newslot));
+		if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
+		else if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_old_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
+	}
+	else if (!TupIsNull(newslot))
+	{
+		Assert(TupIsNull(oldslot));
+		if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
+		else if (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_new_table)
+			tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
+	}
+
+	return tuplestore;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add the given heap tuple to the given tuplestore, applying the conversion
+ * map if necessary.
+ *
+ * If original_insert_tuple is given, we can add that tuple without conversion.
+ */
+static void
+TransitionTableAddTuple(EState *estate,
+						TransitionCaptureState *transition_capture,
+						ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
+						TupleTableSlot *slot,
+						TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple,
+						Tuplestorestate *tuplestore)
+{
+	TupleConversionMap *map;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nothing needs to be done if we don't have a tuplestore.
+	 */
+	if (tuplestore == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	if (original_insert_tuple)
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, original_insert_tuple);
+	else if ((map = ExecGetChildToRootMap(relinfo)) != NULL)
+	{
+		AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
+		TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
+
+		storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
+		execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, slot, storeslot);
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, storeslot);
+	}
+	else
+		tuplestore_puttupleslot(tuplestore, slot);
+}
 
 /* ----------
  * AfterTriggerSaveEvent()
@@ -5709,68 +5804,39 @@ AfterTriggerSaveEvent(EState *estate, ResultRelInfo *relinfo,
 	 */
 	if (row_trigger && transition_capture != NULL)
 	{
-		TupleTableSlot *original_insert_tuple = transition_capture->tcs_original_insert_tuple;
-		TupleConversionMap *map = ExecGetChildToRootMap(relinfo);
-		bool		delete_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_delete_old_table;
-		bool		update_old_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_old_table;
-		bool		update_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_update_new_table;
-		bool		insert_new_table = transition_capture->tcs_insert_new_table;
 
 		/*
-		 * For INSERT events NEW should be non-NULL, for DELETE events OLD
-		 * should be non-NULL, whereas for UPDATE events normally both OLD and
-		 * NEW are non-NULL.  But for UPDATE events fired for capturing
-		 * transition tuples during UPDATE partition-key row movement, OLD is
-		 * NULL when the event is for a row being inserted, whereas NEW is
-		 * NULL when the event is for a row being deleted.
+		 * Capture the old tuple in the appropriate transition table based on
+		 * the event.
 		 */
-		Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table &&
-				 TupIsNull(oldslot)));
-		Assert(!(event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table &&
-				 TupIsNull(newslot)));
-
-		if (!TupIsNull(oldslot) &&
-			((event == TRIGGER_EVENT_DELETE && delete_old_table) ||
-			 (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_old_table)))
+		if (!TupIsNull(oldslot))
 		{
 			Tuplestorestate *old_tuplestore;
 
-			old_tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->old_tuplestore;
-
-			if (map != NULL)
-			{
-				AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
-				TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
-
-				storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
-				execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, oldslot, storeslot);
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(old_tuplestore, storeslot);
-			}
-			else
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(old_tuplestore, oldslot);
+			old_tuplestore = AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(event,
+															oldslot,
+															NULL,
+															transition_capture);
+			TransitionTableAddTuple(estate, transition_capture, relinfo,
+									oldslot, NULL, old_tuplestore);
 		}
-		if (!TupIsNull(newslot) &&
-			((event == TRIGGER_EVENT_INSERT && insert_new_table) ||
-			 (event == TRIGGER_EVENT_UPDATE && update_new_table)))
+
+		/*
+		 * Capture the new tuple in the appropriate transition table based on
+		 * the event.
+		 */
+		if (!TupIsNull(newslot))
 		{
 			Tuplestorestate *new_tuplestore;
 
-			new_tuplestore = transition_capture->tcs_private->new_tuplestore;
-
-			if (original_insert_tuple != NULL)
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore,
-										original_insert_tuple);
-			else if (map != NULL)
-			{
-				AfterTriggersTableData *table = transition_capture->tcs_private;
-				TupleTableSlot *storeslot;
-
-				storeslot = GetAfterTriggersStoreSlot(table, map->outdesc);
-				execute_attr_map_slot(map->attrMap, newslot, storeslot);
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore, storeslot);
-			}
-			else
-				tuplestore_puttupleslot(new_tuplestore, newslot);
+			new_tuplestore = AfterTriggerGetTransitionTable(event,
+															NULL,
+															newslot,
+															transition_capture);
+			TransitionTableAddTuple(estate, transition_capture, relinfo,
+									newslot,
+									transition_capture->tcs_original_insert_tuple,
+									new_tuplestore);
 		}
 
 		/*
-- 
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* [PATCH v47 9/9] Teach snapshot builder to skip transactions running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY).
@ 2026-03-17 19:22 Antonin Houska <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Antonin Houska @ 2026-03-17 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw)

During logical decoding, we need to know if particular transaction performed
catalog changes because catalog information is needed to construct heap
tuples. To be sure that we have enough information of each transaction, the
logical decoding cannot start before all the already running transactions have
completed.

The problem with REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) is that it has XID assigned and writes
WAL records marked with it. Thus if another backend runs REPACK (CONCURRENTLY)
and tries to setup the logical decoding, it has to wait for the completion of
all the other transactions involved in REPACK (CONCURRENTLY).

However, REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) does not perform any catalog changes relevant
to logical decoding, so the other backends executing this command can ignore
it. This patch implements it by adding information about transactions
executing the command to the xl_running_xacts WAL record, and by teaching the
snapshot builder to use the information.
---
 src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c   | 15 ++++-
 src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c           |  2 +
 src/backend/commands/repack.c               | 16 +++++
 src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c | 38 ++++++++---
 src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c         | 74 +++++++++++++++++++--
 src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c           |  8 ++-
 src/include/storage/standby.h               |  3 +
 src/include/storage/standbydefs.h           |  2 +
 8 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c b/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c
index 0a291354ae2..b96b73d51d3 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/standbydesc.c
@@ -21,10 +21,11 @@ standby_desc_running_xacts(StringInfo buf, xl_running_xacts *xlrec)
 {
 	int			i;
 
-	appendStringInfo(buf, "nextXid %u latestCompletedXid %u oldestRunningXid %u",
+	appendStringInfo(buf, "nextXid %u latestCompletedXid %u oldestRunningXid %u oldestRunningXidLogical %u",
 					 xlrec->nextXid,
 					 xlrec->latestCompletedXid,
-					 xlrec->oldestRunningXid);
+					 xlrec->oldestRunningXid,
+					 xlrec->oldestRunningXidLogical);
 	if (xlrec->xcnt > 0)
 	{
 		appendStringInfo(buf, "; %d xacts:", xlrec->xcnt);
@@ -41,6 +42,16 @@ standby_desc_running_xacts(StringInfo buf, xl_running_xacts *xlrec)
 		for (i = 0; i < xlrec->subxcnt; i++)
 			appendStringInfo(buf, " %u", xlrec->xids[xlrec->xcnt + i]);
 	}
+
+	if (xlrec->xcnt_repack > 0)
+	{
+		TransactionId	*xids_repack;
+
+		appendStringInfo(buf, "; %d xacts_repack:", xlrec->xcnt_repack);
+		xids_repack = xlrec->xids + xlrec->xcnt + xlrec->subxcnt;
+		for (i = 0; i < xlrec->xcnt_repack; i++)
+			appendStringInfo(buf, " %u", xids_repack[i]);
+	}
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
index 2c1c6f88b74..f1cbdee7618 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/transam/xlog.c
@@ -5912,6 +5912,7 @@ StartupXLOG(void)
 				 * subxids are listed with their parent prepared transactions.
 				 */
 				running.xcnt = nxids;
+				running.xcnt_repack = 0;
 				running.subxcnt = 0;
 				running.subxid_status = SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS;
 				running.nextXid = XidFromFullTransactionId(checkPoint.nextXid);
@@ -8483,6 +8484,7 @@ xlog_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 			 * with their parent prepared transactions.
 			 */
 			running.xcnt = nxids;
+			running.xcnt_repack = 0;
 			running.subxcnt = 0;
 			running.subxid_status = SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS;
 			running.nextXid = XidFromFullTransactionId(checkPoint.nextXid);
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/repack.c b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
index 3acb2e1d2ba..74faa4f5582 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/repack.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/repack.c
@@ -988,6 +988,22 @@ rebuild_relation(Relation OldHeap, Relation index, bool verbose,
 
 	if (concurrent)
 	{
+		/*
+		 * Do not let other backends wait for our completion during their
+		 * setup of logical replication. Unlike logical replication publisher,
+		 * we will have XID assigned, so the other backends - whether
+		 * walsenders involved in logical replication or regular backends
+		 * executing also REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) - would have to wait for our
+		 * completion before they can build their initial snapshot. It is
+		 * o.k. for any decoding backend to ignore us because we do not change
+		 * tuple descriptor of any table, and the data changes we write should
+		 * not be decoded by other backends.
+		 */
+		LWLockAcquire(ProcArrayLock, LW_EXCLUSIVE);
+		MyProc->statusFlags |= PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK;
+		ProcGlobal->statusFlags[MyProc->pgxactoff] = MyProc->statusFlags;
+		LWLockRelease(ProcArrayLock);
+
 		/*
 		 * The worker needs to be member of the locking group we're the leader
 		 * of. We ought to become the leader before the worker starts. The
diff --git a/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c b/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
index 9cf499ce7c6..fbdd4600a2b 100644
--- a/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
+++ b/src/backend/replication/logical/snapbuild.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xact
 	 * xmin, which looks odd but is correct and actually more efficient, since
 	 * we hit fast paths in heapam_visibility.c.
 	 */
-	builder->xmin = running->oldestRunningXid;
+	builder->xmin = running->oldestRunningXidLogical;
 
 	/* Remove transactions we don't need to keep track off anymore */
 	SnapBuildPurgeOlderTxn(builder);
@@ -1188,9 +1188,9 @@ SnapBuildProcessRunningXacts(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xact
 	 */
 	xmin = ReorderBufferGetOldestXmin(builder->reorder);
 	if (xmin == InvalidTransactionId)
-		xmin = running->oldestRunningXid;
+		xmin = running->oldestRunningXidLogical;
 	elog(DEBUG3, "xmin: %u, xmax: %u, oldest running: %u, oldest xmin: %u",
-		 builder->xmin, builder->xmax, running->oldestRunningXid, xmin);
+		 builder->xmin, builder->xmax, running->oldestRunningXidLogical, xmin);
 	LogicalIncreaseXminForSlot(lsn, xmin);
 
 	/*
@@ -1275,14 +1275,14 @@ SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *runn
 	 * have all necessary catalog rows anymore.
 	 */
 	if (TransactionIdIsNormal(builder->initial_xmin_horizon) &&
-		NormalTransactionIdPrecedes(running->oldestRunningXid,
+		NormalTransactionIdPrecedes(running->oldestRunningXidLogical,
 									builder->initial_xmin_horizon))
 	{
 		ereport(DEBUG1,
 				errmsg_internal("skipping snapshot at %X/%08X while building logical decoding snapshot, xmin horizon too low",
 								LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(lsn)),
 				errdetail_internal("initial xmin horizon of %u vs the snapshot's %u",
-								   builder->initial_xmin_horizon, running->oldestRunningXid));
+								   builder->initial_xmin_horizon, running->oldestRunningXidLogical));
 
 
 		SnapBuildWaitSnapshot(running, builder->initial_xmin_horizon);
@@ -1299,7 +1299,7 @@ SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *runn
 	 * NB: We might have already started to incrementally assemble a snapshot,
 	 * so we need to be careful to deal with that.
 	 */
-	if (running->oldestRunningXid == running->nextXid)
+	if (running->oldestRunningXidLogical == running->nextXid)
 	{
 		if (!XLogRecPtrIsValid(builder->start_decoding_at) ||
 			builder->start_decoding_at <= lsn)
@@ -1378,14 +1378,14 @@ SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *runn
 	/*
 	 * c) transition from BUILDING_SNAPSHOT to FULL_SNAPSHOT.
 	 *
-	 * In BUILDING_SNAPSHOT state, and this xl_running_xacts' oldestRunningXid
+	 * In BUILDING_SNAPSHOT state, and this xl_running_xacts' oldestRunningXidLogical
 	 * is >= than nextXid from when we switched to BUILDING_SNAPSHOT.  This
 	 * means all transactions starting afterwards have enough information to
 	 * be decoded.  Switch to FULL_SNAPSHOT.
 	 */
 	else if (builder->state == SNAPBUILD_BUILDING_SNAPSHOT &&
 			 TransactionIdPrecedesOrEquals(builder->next_phase_at,
-										   running->oldestRunningXid))
+										   running->oldestRunningXidLogical))
 	{
 		builder->state = SNAPBUILD_FULL_SNAPSHOT;
 		builder->next_phase_at = running->nextXid;
@@ -1402,14 +1402,14 @@ SnapBuildFindSnapshot(SnapBuild *builder, XLogRecPtr lsn, xl_running_xacts *runn
 	/*
 	 * c) transition from FULL_SNAPSHOT to CONSISTENT.
 	 *
-	 * In FULL_SNAPSHOT state, and this xl_running_xacts' oldestRunningXid is
+	 * In FULL_SNAPSHOT state, and this xl_running_xacts' oldestRunningXidLogical is
 	 * >= than nextXid from when we switched to FULL_SNAPSHOT.  This means all
 	 * transactions that are currently in progress have a catalog snapshot,
 	 * and all their changes have been collected.  Switch to CONSISTENT.
 	 */
 	else if (builder->state == SNAPBUILD_FULL_SNAPSHOT &&
 			 TransactionIdPrecedesOrEquals(builder->next_phase_at,
-										   running->oldestRunningXid))
+										   running->oldestRunningXidLogical))
 	{
 		builder->state = SNAPBUILD_CONSISTENT;
 		builder->next_phase_at = InvalidTransactionId;
@@ -1459,6 +1459,24 @@ SnapBuildWaitSnapshot(xl_running_xacts *running, TransactionId cutoff)
 		if (TransactionIdFollows(xid, cutoff))
 			continue;
 
+		/* Do not wait for transactions running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY). */
+		if (running->xcnt_repack > 0)
+		{
+			TransactionId	*xids_repack;
+			int		i;
+
+			xids_repack = running->xids + running->xcnt + running->subxcnt;
+
+			for (i = 0; i < running->xcnt_repack; i++)
+			{
+				if (xid == xids_repack[i])
+					break;
+			}
+			/* Found? */
+			if (i < running->xcnt_repack)
+				continue;
+		}
+
 		XactLockTableWait(xid, NULL, NULL, XLTW_None);
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
index cc207cb56e3..6dd4fa7dcc0 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/procarray.c
@@ -2643,15 +2643,24 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 	RunningTransactions CurrentRunningXacts = &CurrentRunningXactsData;
 	TransactionId latestCompletedXid;
 	TransactionId oldestRunningXid;
+	TransactionId oldestRunningXidLogical;
 	TransactionId oldestDatabaseRunningXid;
 	TransactionId *xids;
 	int			index;
-	int			count;
+	int			count, count_repack;
 	int			subcount;
 	bool		suboverflowed;
+	TransactionId	*xids_repack = NULL;
+	bool		logical_decoding_enabled = IsLogicalDecodingEnabled();
 
 	Assert(!RecoveryInProgress());
 
+	/*
+	 * TODO Consider a GUC to reserve certain amount of replication slots for
+	 * REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) and using it here.
+	 */
+#define		MAX_REPACK_XIDS		16
+
 	/*
 	 * Allocating space for maxProcs xids is usually overkill; numProcs would
 	 * be sufficient.  But it seems better to do the malloc while not holding
@@ -2663,11 +2672,14 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 	 */
 	if (CurrentRunningXacts->xids == NULL)
 	{
+		/* FIXME probably fails if logical decoding is enable on-the-fly */
+		int		nrepack = logical_decoding_enabled ? MAX_REPACK_XIDS : 0;
+
 		/*
 		 * First call
 		 */
 		CurrentRunningXacts->xids = (TransactionId *)
-			malloc(TOTAL_MAX_CACHED_SUBXIDS * sizeof(TransactionId));
+			malloc((TOTAL_MAX_CACHED_SUBXIDS + nrepack) * sizeof(TransactionId));
 		if (CurrentRunningXacts->xids == NULL)
 			ereport(ERROR,
 					(errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
@@ -2676,7 +2688,10 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 
 	xids = CurrentRunningXacts->xids;
 
-	count = subcount = 0;
+	if (logical_decoding_enabled)
+		xids_repack = palloc_array(TransactionId, MAX_REPACK_XIDS);
+
+	count = subcount = count_repack = 0;
 	suboverflowed = false;
 
 	/*
@@ -2688,7 +2703,7 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 
 	latestCompletedXid =
 		XidFromFullTransactionId(TransamVariables->latestCompletedXid);
-	oldestDatabaseRunningXid = oldestRunningXid =
+	oldestDatabaseRunningXid = oldestRunningXid = oldestRunningXidLogical =
 		XidFromFullTransactionId(TransamVariables->nextXid);
 
 	/*
@@ -2697,6 +2712,8 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 	for (index = 0; index < arrayP->numProcs; index++)
 	{
 		TransactionId xid;
+		int			pgprocno;
+		PGPROC	   *proc;
 
 		/* Fetch xid just once - see GetNewTransactionId */
 		xid = UINT32_ACCESS_ONCE(other_xids[index]);
@@ -2716,6 +2733,21 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 		if (TransactionIdPrecedes(xid, oldestRunningXid))
 			oldestRunningXid = xid;
 
+		if (logical_decoding_enabled &&
+			TransactionIdPrecedes(xid, oldestRunningXidLogical))
+		{
+			/*
+			 * Backends running REPACK concurrently need to be excluded from
+			 * oldestRunningXidLogical, otherwise the snapshot builder cannot
+			 * proceed in building the initial snapshot.
+			 */
+			pgprocno = arrayP->pgprocnos[index];
+			proc = &allProcs[pgprocno];
+
+			if ((proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK) == 0)
+				oldestRunningXidLogical = xid;
+		}
+
 		/*
 		 * Also, update the oldest running xid within the current database. As
 		 * fetching pgprocno and PGPROC could cause cache misses, we do cheap
@@ -2723,8 +2755,8 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 		 */
 		if (TransactionIdPrecedes(xid, oldestDatabaseRunningXid))
 		{
-			int			pgprocno = arrayP->pgprocnos[index];
-			PGPROC	   *proc = &allProcs[pgprocno];
+			pgprocno = arrayP->pgprocnos[index];
+			proc = &allProcs[pgprocno];
 
 			if (proc->databaseId == MyDatabaseId)
 				oldestDatabaseRunningXid = xid;
@@ -2742,6 +2774,19 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 		 */
 
 		xids[count++] = xid;
+
+		/*
+		 * Collect XIDSs of transactions running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY).
+		 */
+		if (logical_decoding_enabled &&
+			count_repack < MAX_REPACK_XIDS)
+		{
+			pgprocno = arrayP->pgprocnos[index];
+			proc = &allProcs[pgprocno];
+
+			if (proc->statusFlags & PROC_IN_CONCURRENT_REPACK)
+				xids_repack[count_repack++] = xid;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -2782,6 +2827,19 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Append the XIDs running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY), if any.
+	 *
+	 * XXX Should we sort the array and use bsearch() when using it?
+	 */
+	if (count_repack > 0)
+	{
+		for (int i = 0; i < count_repack; i++)
+			xids[count++] = xids_repack[i];
+	}
+	if (xids_repack)
+		pfree(xids_repack);
+
 	/*
 	 * It's important *not* to include the limits set by slots here because
 	 * snapbuild.c uses oldestRunningXid to manage its xmin horizon. If those
@@ -2791,11 +2849,13 @@ GetRunningTransactionData(void)
 	 * increases if slots do.
 	 */
 
-	CurrentRunningXacts->xcnt = count - subcount;
+	CurrentRunningXacts->xcnt = count - subcount - count_repack;
 	CurrentRunningXacts->subxcnt = subcount;
+	CurrentRunningXacts->xcnt_repack = count_repack;
 	CurrentRunningXacts->subxid_status = suboverflowed ? SUBXIDS_IN_SUBTRANS : SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY;
 	CurrentRunningXacts->nextXid = XidFromFullTransactionId(TransamVariables->nextXid);
 	CurrentRunningXacts->oldestRunningXid = oldestRunningXid;
+	CurrentRunningXacts->oldestRunningXidLogical = oldestRunningXidLogical;
 	CurrentRunningXacts->oldestDatabaseRunningXid = oldestDatabaseRunningXid;
 	CurrentRunningXacts->latestCompletedXid = latestCompletedXid;
 
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
index de9092fdf5b..fd3e4fe31f3 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/standby.c
@@ -1189,6 +1189,7 @@ standby_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 		RunningTransactionsData running;
 
 		running.xcnt = xlrec->xcnt;
+		running.xcnt_repack = xlrec->xcnt_repack;
 		running.subxcnt = xlrec->subxcnt;
 		running.subxid_status = xlrec->subxid_overflow ? SUBXIDS_MISSING : SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY;
 		running.nextXid = xlrec->nextXid;
@@ -1359,10 +1360,12 @@ LogCurrentRunningXacts(RunningTransactions CurrRunningXacts)
 	XLogRecPtr	recptr;
 
 	xlrec.xcnt = CurrRunningXacts->xcnt;
+	xlrec.xcnt_repack = CurrRunningXacts->xcnt_repack;
 	xlrec.subxcnt = CurrRunningXacts->subxcnt;
 	xlrec.subxid_overflow = (CurrRunningXacts->subxid_status != SUBXIDS_IN_ARRAY);
 	xlrec.nextXid = CurrRunningXacts->nextXid;
 	xlrec.oldestRunningXid = CurrRunningXacts->oldestRunningXid;
+	xlrec.oldestRunningXidLogical = CurrRunningXacts->oldestRunningXidLogical;
 	xlrec.latestCompletedXid = CurrRunningXacts->latestCompletedXid;
 
 	/* Header */
@@ -1371,9 +1374,10 @@ LogCurrentRunningXacts(RunningTransactions CurrRunningXacts)
 	XLogRegisterData(&xlrec, MinSizeOfXactRunningXacts);
 
 	/* array of TransactionIds */
-	if (xlrec.xcnt > 0)
+	if (xlrec.xcnt + xlrec.xcnt_repack > 0)
 		XLogRegisterData(CurrRunningXacts->xids,
-						 (xlrec.xcnt + xlrec.subxcnt) * sizeof(TransactionId));
+						 (xlrec.xcnt + xlrec.xcnt_repack + xlrec.subxcnt) *
+						 sizeof(TransactionId));
 
 	recptr = XLogInsert(RM_STANDBY_ID, XLOG_RUNNING_XACTS);
 
diff --git a/src/include/storage/standby.h b/src/include/storage/standby.h
index 6a314c693cd..9e6e7b18786 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/standby.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/standby.h
@@ -127,10 +127,13 @@ typedef enum
 typedef struct RunningTransactionsData
 {
 	int			xcnt;			/* # of xact ids in xids[] */
+	int			xcnt_repack;	/* # of xacts running REPACK
+								 * (CONCURRENTLY). */
 	int			subxcnt;		/* # of subxact ids in xids[] */
 	subxids_array_status subxid_status;
 	TransactionId nextXid;		/* xid from TransamVariables->nextXid */
 	TransactionId oldestRunningXid; /* *not* oldestXmin */
+	TransactionId oldestRunningXidLogical;
 	TransactionId oldestDatabaseRunningXid; /* same as above, but within the
 											 * current database */
 	TransactionId latestCompletedXid;	/* so we can set xmax */
diff --git a/src/include/storage/standbydefs.h b/src/include/storage/standbydefs.h
index 231d251fd51..edad609fa9a 100644
--- a/src/include/storage/standbydefs.h
+++ b/src/include/storage/standbydefs.h
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ typedef struct xl_standby_locks
 typedef struct xl_running_xacts
 {
 	int			xcnt;			/* # of xact ids in xids[] */
+	int			xcnt_repack;	/* # of xacts running REPACK (CONCURRENTLY) */
 	int			subxcnt;		/* # of subxact ids in xids[] */
 	bool		subxid_overflow;	/* snapshot overflowed, subxids missing */
 	TransactionId nextXid;		/* xid from TransamVariables->nextXid */
 	TransactionId oldestRunningXid; /* *not* oldestXmin */
+	TransactionId oldestRunningXidLogical;
 	TransactionId latestCompletedXid;	/* so we can set xmax */
 
 	TransactionId xids[FLEXIBLE_ARRAY_MEMBER];
-- 
2.47.3


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v4] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 |  88 ++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |   8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 102 ++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c |  64 ++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          |  24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              |  32 ++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         |  16 +++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          |  24 +++++
 8 files changed, 335 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..97cd5ea8d10 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -802,7 +819,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v3] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
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From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                 | 80 +++++++++++++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql         |  8 ++
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                | 95 +++++++++++++++-----
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c | 68 ++++++++++++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c          | 24 +++++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat              | 32 +++++++
 src/include/pgstat.h                         | 16 ++++
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out          | 24 +++++
 8 files changed, 324 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index bb75ed1069b..9ec8070b2fc 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4372,6 +4372,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4382,6 +4392,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4391,6 +4411,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4401,6 +4431,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4411,6 +4451,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4421,6 +4471,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4430,6 +4490,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4440,6 +4510,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index e54018004db..2ca02a0354c 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index bce3a2daa24..ce83b3171be 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -792,8 +792,18 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		bits8 flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+			flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC;
+
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -801,7 +811,7 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, bits32 options,
 		return rel;
 
 	/*
-	 * Relation could not be opened, hence generate if possible a log
+	 * Relation could not be opened hence generate if possible a log
 	 * informing on the situation.
 	 *
 	 * If the RangeVar is not defined, we do not have enough information to
@@ -904,7 +914,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -917,29 +926,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				bits8	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index bc8c43b96aa..cec4c88980e 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
@@ -366,6 +367,73 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !(flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY))
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC)
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+		}
+		if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+		{
+			tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+			tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 9185a8e6b83..18aaa3996e1 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index 0118e970dda..ccfe3d9e02a 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5667,6 +5667,38 @@
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
   proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'float8', proargtypes => 'oid',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_total_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index 8e3549c3752..343081a7a25 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -707,6 +716,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM	(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE	(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVAC	(1 << 2)	/* skipped during autovacuum/autoanalyze */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANY   (PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM | PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, bits8 flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index 2b3cf6d8569..4ccfc43e903 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2293,13 +2301,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2348,13 +2364,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
2.43.0


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* [PATCH v5] Track skipped vacuum and analyze activity per relation
@ 2026-03-24 04:09 Yugo Nagata <[email protected]>
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 392+ messages in thread

From: Yugo Nagata @ 2026-03-24 04:09 UTC (permalink / raw)

This commit adds eight fields to the relation statistics that track
the last time vacuum or analyze has been attempted but skipped due to
lock unavailability, along with their counts:

-    last_skipped_vacuum
-    last_skipped_autovacuum
-    last_skipped_analyze
-    last_skipped_autoanalyze
-    skipped_vacuum_count
-    skipped_autovacuum_count
-    skipped_analyze_count
-    skipped_autoanalyze_count

These field can help users confirm that autovacuum is actively attempting
to run on a table that has not been vacuumed or analyzed for a long time,
and that the lack of progress is due to repeated skips rather than inactivity.
---
 doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml                  |  88 ++++++
 src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql          |   8 +
 src/backend/commands/vacuum.c                 | 100 +++++--
 src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c  |  64 +++++
 src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c           |  24 ++
 src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat               |  32 +++
 src/include/pgstat.h                          |  16 ++
 .../isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out | 260 ++++++++++++++++--
 .../isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec   |  41 +--
 src/test/regress/expected/rules.out           |  24 ++
 10 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
index 08d5b824552..a9b579d87a9 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/monitoring.sgml
@@ -4387,6 +4387,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_vacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual vacuum on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4397,6 +4407,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autovacuum</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a vacuum on this table by the autovacuum daemon was attempted
+       but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4406,6 +4426,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_analyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time a manual analyze on this table was attempted but skipped due to
+       lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>last_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
@@ -4416,6 +4446,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>last_skipped_autoanalyze</structfield> <type>timestamp with time zone</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Last time at which an analyze on this table by the autovacuum was
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4426,6 +4466,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_vacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual vacuums on this table have been attempted but skipped
+       due to lock unavailability (not counting <command>VACUUM FULL</command>)
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4436,6 +4486,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autovacuum_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times vacuums on this table by the autovacuum daemon have been
+       attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4445,6 +4505,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_analyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times manual analyzes on this table have been attempted but
+       skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
@@ -4455,6 +4525,16 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
       </para></entry>
      </row>
 
+     <row>
+      <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
+       <structfield>skipped_autoanalyze_count</structfield> <type>bigint</type>
+      </para>
+      <para>
+       Number of times analyzes on this table by the autovacuum daemon have
+       been attempted but skipped due to lock unavailability
+      </para></entry>
+     </row>
+
      <row>
       <entry role="catalog_table_entry"><para role="column_definition">
        <structfield>total_vacuum_time</structfield> <type>double precision</type>
@@ -4510,6 +4590,14 @@ description | Waiting for a newly initialized WAL file to reach durable storage
    </tgroup>
   </table>
 
+  <note>
+   <para>
+    When a manual vacuum or analyze on a parent table in an inheritance or
+    partitioning hierarchy is skipped, the statistics are recorded only for
+    the parent table, not for its children.
+   </para>
+  </note>
+
  </sect2>
 
  <sect2 id="monitoring-pg-stat-autovacuum-scores-view">
diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
index 73a1c1c4670..f509fc7876b 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/system_views.sql
@@ -736,13 +736,21 @@ CREATE VIEW pg_stat_all_tables AS
             pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(C.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(C.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_vacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_vacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_autovacuum,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autovacuum,
             pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_analyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_analyze,
             pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_autoanalyze,
+            pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(C.oid) as last_skipped_autoanalyze,
             pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
             pg_stat_get_analyze_count(C.oid) AS analyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+            pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(C.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
             pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(C.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
             pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(C.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
diff --git a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
index 99d0db82ed7..df6526225e4 100644
--- a/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
+++ b/src/backend/commands/vacuum.c
@@ -793,8 +793,25 @@ vacuum_open_relation(Oid relid, RangeVar *relation, uint32 options,
 		rel = try_relation_open(relid, NoLock);
 	else
 	{
+		int flags = 0;
 		rel = NULL;
 		rel_lock = false;
+
+		if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+		}
+		if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+		{
+			if (AmAutoVacuumWorkerProcess())
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE;
+			else
+				flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+		}
+		pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
 	}
 
 	/* if relation is opened, leave */
@@ -905,7 +922,6 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		Form_pg_class classForm;
 		bool		include_children;
 		bool		is_partitioned_table;
-		int			rvr_opts;
 
 		/*
 		 * Since autovacuum workers supply OIDs when calling vacuum(), no
@@ -918,29 +934,69 @@ expand_vacuum_rel(VacuumRelation *vrel, MemoryContext vac_context,
 		 * below, as well as find_all_inheritors's expectation that the caller
 		 * holds some lock on the starting relation.
 		 */
-		rvr_opts = (options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED) ? RVR_SKIP_LOCKED : 0;
-		relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
-										 AccessShareLock,
-										 rvr_opts,
-										 NULL, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
-		 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
-		 */
-		if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+		if (!(options & VACOPT_SKIP_LOCKED))
 		{
-			if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
-								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			else
-				ereport(WARNING,
-						(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
-						 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelidExtended(vrel->relation,
+											 AccessShareLock,
+											 0, NULL, NULL);
+			if (!OidIsValid(relid))
+				return vacrels;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			/* Get relid for reporting before taking a lock */
+			relid = RangeVarGetRelid(vrel->relation, NoLock, false);
+
+			if (!ConditionalLockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock))
+			{
+				int	flags = 0;
+				/*
+				 * If the lock is unavailable, emit the same log statement that
+				 * vacuum_rel() and analyze_rel() would.
+				 */
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
 								vrel->relation->relname)));
-			return vacrels;
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_LOCK_NOT_AVAILABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- lock not available",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				if ((options & VACOPT_VACUUM) != 0 && (options & VACOPT_FULL) == 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM;
+				if ((options & VACOPT_ANALYZE) != 0)
+					flags |= PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE;
+
+				pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(relid, flags);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * Now that we have the lock, probe to see if the relation really
+			 * exists or not.
+			 */
+			if (!SearchSysCacheExists1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid)))
+			{
+				if (options & VACOPT_VACUUM)
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping vacuum of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+				else
+					ereport(WARNING,
+							(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_TABLE),
+							 errmsg("skipping analyze of \"%s\" --- relation no longer exists",
+									vrel->relation->relname)));
+
+				/* Release useless lock */
+				UnlockRelationOid(relid, AccessShareLock);
+
+				return vacrels;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
index b2ca28f83ba..532d9023f8c 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/activity/pgstat_relation.c
@@ -17,12 +17,14 @@
 
 #include "postgres.h"
 
+#include "access/htup_details.h"
 #include "access/twophase_rmgr.h"
 #include "access/xact.h"
 #include "catalog/catalog.h"
 #include "utils/memutils.h"
 #include "utils/pgstat_internal.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "utils/syscache.h"
 #include "utils/timestamp.h"
 
 
@@ -367,6 +369,68 @@ pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Report that the table was skipped during vacuum or/and analyze.
+ */
+void
+pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags)
+{
+	PgStat_EntryRef *entry_ref;
+	PgStatShared_Relation *shtabentry;
+	PgStat_StatTabEntry *tabentry;
+	TimestampTz ts;
+	HeapTuple	classTup;
+	bool		isshared;
+
+	if (!pgstat_track_counts || !flags)
+		return;
+
+	classTup = SearchSysCache1(RELOID, ObjectIdGetDatum(relid));
+	if (!HeapTupleIsValid(classTup))
+		return;			/* somebody deleted the rel, forget it */
+	isshared = ((Form_pg_class) GETSTRUCT(classTup))->relisshared;
+	ReleaseSysCache(classTup);
+
+	/* Store the data in the table's hash table entry. */
+	ts = GetCurrentTimestamp();
+
+	/* block acquiring lock for the same reason as pgstat_report_autovac() */
+	entry_ref = pgstat_get_entry_ref_locked(PGSTAT_KIND_RELATION,
+											isshared ? InvalidOid : MyDatabaseId,
+											relid, false);
+
+	shtabentry = (PgStatShared_Relation *) entry_ref->shared_stats;
+	tabentry = &shtabentry->stats;
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_vacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_vacuum_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autovacuum_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autovacuum_count++;
+	}
+
+	if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_analyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_analyze_count++;
+	}
+	else if (flags & PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE)
+	{
+		tabentry->last_skipped_autoanalyze_time = ts;
+		tabentry->skipped_autoanalyze_count++;
+	}
+
+	pgstat_unlock_entry(entry_ref);
+
+	/* see pgstat_report_vacuum() */
+	pgstat_flush_io(false);
+	(void) pgstat_flush_backend(false, PGSTAT_BACKEND_FLUSH_IO);
+}
+
 /*
  * count a tuple insertion of n tuples
  */
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
index 1408de387ea..90a8968faa0 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/utils/adt/pgstatfuncs.c
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(mod_since_analyze)
 /* pg_stat_get_numscans */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(numscans)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_analyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autoanalyze_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_autovacuum_count)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(skipped_vacuum_count)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_tuples_deleted */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_INT64(tuples_deleted)
 
@@ -170,6 +182,18 @@ PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_vacuum_time)
 /* pg_stat_get_lastscan */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(lastscan)
 
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_analyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autoanalyze_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_autovacuum_time)
+
+/* pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time */
+PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(last_skipped_vacuum_time)
+
 /* pg_stat_get_stat_reset_time */
 PG_STAT_GET_RELENTRY_TIMESTAMPTZ(stat_reset_time)
 
diff --git a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
index fa9ae79082b..32debb34863 100644
--- a/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
+++ b/src/include/catalog/pg_proc.dat
@@ -5680,6 +5680,38 @@
   proargmodes => '{o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o,o}',
   proargnames => '{oid,score,xid_score,mxid_score,vacuum_score,vacuum_insert_score,analyze_score,do_vacuum,do_analyze,for_wraparound}',
   prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_autovacuum_scores' },
+{ oid => '8142', descr => 'statistics: last skipped vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8143', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto vacuum time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time' },
+{ oid => '8144', descr => 'statistics: last skipped analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8145', descr => 'statistics: last skipped auto analyze time for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'timestamptz', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time' },
+{ oid => '8146', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8147', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto vacuum for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count' },
+{ oid => '8148', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count' },
+{ oid => '8149', descr => 'statistics: number of skipped auto analyzes for a table',
+  proname => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count', provolatile => 's',
+  proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int8', proargtypes => 'oid',
+  prosrc => 'pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count' },
 { oid => '1936', descr => 'statistics: currently active backend IDs',
   proname => 'pg_stat_get_backend_idset', prorows => '100', proretset => 't',
   provolatile => 's', proparallel => 'r', prorettype => 'int4',
diff --git a/src/include/pgstat.h b/src/include/pgstat.h
index dfa2e837638..98941f953d1 100644
--- a/src/include/pgstat.h
+++ b/src/include/pgstat.h
@@ -479,6 +479,15 @@ typedef struct PgStat_StatTabEntry
 	TimestampTz last_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
 	PgStat_Counter autoanalyze_count;
 
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_vacuum_time;	/* user initiated vacuum */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_vacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autovacuum_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autovacuum_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_analyze_time;	/* user initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_analyze_count;
+	TimestampTz last_skipped_autoanalyze_time;	/* autovacuum initiated */
+	PgStat_Counter skipped_autoanalyze_count;
+
 	PgStat_Counter total_vacuum_time;	/* times in milliseconds */
 	PgStat_Counter total_autovacuum_time;
 	PgStat_Counter total_analyze_time;
@@ -703,6 +712,13 @@ extern void pgstat_report_analyze(Relation rel,
 								  PgStat_Counter livetuples, PgStat_Counter deadtuples,
 								  bool resetcounter, TimestampTz starttime);
 
+/* flags for pgstat_flush_backend() */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_VACUUM		(1 << 0)	/* vacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_ANALYZE		(1 << 1)	/* analyze is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOVACUUM	(1 << 2)	/* autovacuum is skipped */
+#define PGSTAT_REPORT_SKIPPED_AUTOANALYZE	(1 << 3)	/* autoanalyze is skipped */
+extern void pgstat_report_skipped_vacuum_analyze(Oid relid, int flags);
+
 /*
  * If stats are enabled, but pending data hasn't been prepared yet, call
  * pgstat_assoc_relation() to do so. See its comment for why this is done
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
index 99db281a159..e2cff175b7c 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
+++ b/src/test/isolation/expected/vacuum-skip-locked.out
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Parsed test spec with 2 sessions
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -10,8 +10,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -20,8 +34,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -31,8 +59,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -41,8 +83,22 @@ step analyze_all_parts: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -52,8 +108,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -62,8 +132,22 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -73,8 +157,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_share: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN SHARE MODE;
@@ -83,8 +181,22 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -94,8 +206,22 @@ step vac_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -104,8 +230,22 @@ step vac_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -115,8 +255,22 @@ step analyze_specified: ANALYZE (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    1
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -126,8 +280,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -137,8 +305,22 @@ step vac_analyze_specified: VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   1|            0|                    1
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -148,8 +330,22 @@ step commit:
 	COMMIT;
 
 step vac_analyze_all_parts: <... completed>
-
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            1|                    0
+part1  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+part2  |           1|                   0|            1|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -159,8 +355,22 @@ step vac_full_specified: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
 
-starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
+
+starting permutation: lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
 step lock_access_exclusive: 
 	BEGIN;
 	LOCK part1 IN ACCESS EXCLUSIVE MODE;
@@ -169,3 +379,17 @@ step vac_full_all_parts: VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted;
 step commit: 
 	COMMIT;
 
+step check_stat: 
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+
+relname|vacuum_count|skipped_vacuum_count|analyze_count|skipped_analyze_count
+-------+------------+--------------------+-------------+---------------------
+parted |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part1  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+part2  |           0|                   0|            0|                    0
+(3 rows)
+
diff --git a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
index 3fad6e1c92a..b0da75d4b6d 100644
--- a/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
+++ b/src/test/isolation/specs/vacuum-skip-locked.spec
@@ -33,6 +33,15 @@ step commit
 	COMMIT;
 }
 
+step check_stat
+{
+	SELECT relname,
+		   vacuum_count, skipped_vacuum_count,
+		   analyze_count, skipped_analyze_count
+	FROM pg_stat_all_tables
+	WHERE relname IN ('parted', 'part1', 'part2');
+}
+
 session s2
 step vac_specified			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) part1, part2; }
 step vac_all_parts			{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
@@ -43,19 +52,19 @@ step vac_analyze_all_parts	{ VACUUM (ANALYZE, SKIP_LOCKED) parted; }
 step vac_full_specified		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) part1, part2; }
 step vac_full_all_parts		{ VACUUM (SKIP_LOCKED, FULL) parted; }
 
-permutation lock_share vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit
-permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit
+permutation lock_share vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_share vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_analyze_all_parts commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_specified commit check_stat
+permutation lock_access_exclusive vac_full_all_parts commit check_stat
diff --git a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
index a65a5bf0c4f..9b2075d3373 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
+++ b/src/test/regress/expected/rules.out
@@ -1835,13 +1835,21 @@ pg_stat_all_tables| SELECT c.oid AS relid,
     pg_stat_get_mod_since_analyze(c.oid) AS n_mod_since_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_ins_since_vacuum(c.oid) AS n_ins_since_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_vacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_vacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_autovacuum,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autovacuum,
     pg_stat_get_last_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_analyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_analyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_analyze,
     pg_stat_get_last_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_autoanalyze,
+    pg_stat_get_last_skipped_autoanalyze_time(c.oid) AS last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     pg_stat_get_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS vacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_vacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_vacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS autovacuum_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autovacuum_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autovacuum_count,
     pg_stat_get_analyze_count(c.oid) AS analyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_analyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_analyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS autoanalyze_count,
+    pg_stat_get_skipped_autoanalyze_count(c.oid) AS skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     pg_stat_get_total_vacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_vacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_autovacuum_time(c.oid) AS total_autovacuum_time,
     pg_stat_get_total_analyze_time(c.oid) AS total_analyze_time,
@@ -2346,13 +2354,21 @@ pg_stat_sys_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
@@ -2401,13 +2417,21 @@ pg_stat_user_tables| SELECT relid,
     n_mod_since_analyze,
     n_ins_since_vacuum,
     last_vacuum,
+    last_skipped_vacuum,
     last_autovacuum,
+    last_skipped_autovacuum,
     last_analyze,
+    last_skipped_analyze,
     last_autoanalyze,
+    last_skipped_autoanalyze,
     vacuum_count,
+    skipped_vacuum_count,
     autovacuum_count,
+    skipped_autovacuum_count,
     analyze_count,
+    skipped_analyze_count,
     autoanalyze_count,
+    skipped_autoanalyze_count,
     total_vacuum_time,
     total_autovacuum_time,
     total_analyze_time,
-- 
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